Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
May 7, 2004
Polly Hill Sends Her Regrets: ‘The Trees Will Be beckoning’
Missing the Vineyard: Polly Hill Sends Her Regrets: ‘The Trees Will Be Beckoning’
By C.K. WOLFSON
A revered and familiar presence will be missing from the Polly Hill Arboretum this summer. Declaring, “Old age has caught up with me, and I can’t deny it,” the arboretum’s founder, 97-year-old Polly Hill, made the decision to remain…
Oak Bluffs Terminal Redesign Reflows Traffic, Rebuilds Pier
Oak Bluffs Terminal Redesign Reflows Traffic, Rebuilds Pier
By ALEXIS TONTI
Two years after the Steamship Authority board of governors first approved a design plan to refurbish the Oak Bluffs ferry terminal, a revised version of the plan is set to come before the town conservation commission for permitting next week.
The $10 million project…
English Classes Open Horizons for New Islanders
English Classes Open Horizons for New Islanders
By CHRIS BURRELL
The morning lesson Tuesday in Matt Malowski’s class at the regional high school starts off with calisthenics for the tongue. They are trying to master one of the most common and — for foreigners — one of the most confounding of English words.
“He pulled…
Deed Riders, Covenants Now Shape the Debate in Affordable Housing
Three feet of snow blanketed the ground that day in 1977 when more than two dozen Islanders trudged into the First Congregational Church in West Tisbury, hoping to win a small piece of the Vineyard. Ann Milstein was pregnant. Pat Carlet had three small daughters in tow. One by one, Vineyard Open Land Foundation (VOLF)…
Years of Talks Pay Off in 62-Acre Conservation Gift Along Middle Road
A wide swath of rolling farmland and wooded hillside that includes a high ridge perched above the scenic Middle Road in Chilmark and West Tisbury will remain forever wild, thanks to an unusual conservation gift from Virginia Crowell Jones and Everett Noteman Jones to The Nature Conservancy and the Vineyard Conservation Society, the Gazette has…
Aquinnah Voters Face Financial Questions and a Choice for Selectman in Elections
Money is the main theme in Aquinnah next week when voters will take up the question of how much to spend, or more correctly, how much to overspend when it comes to the state-mandated tax cap. The annual town meeting gets under way on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the historic Aquinnah town hall.…
